Thursday, July 31, 2008

From the desk of Mama Piggy:* Clarification - it was the HDB that issued the letter and not the Town Council, my bad. The Town Council had redirected the complaint to the HDB. As KXBC pointed out in the comments section, it is the jurisdiction of the Housing Board.*

The HDB has just issued a letter to my mom - she has to remove all the kitties in the house by 12 August because someone had complained that she is keeping too many cats and that they smell.My sister called up the HDB chap and asked him where does he want her to remove the cats to. His reply: SPCA. Hullo???She asked him what were the exact reasons for not allowing cats in HDB flats. The chap gave the usual spiel - that cats ROAM and that they poop everywhere. Ha! All HDB officers should be schooled in Cat Behaviour 101.My sister told him that her kitties are not allowed out of the house, so how would they ROAM? They certainly do not do their business everywhere! My sister even invited the HDB officer over to the flat to inspect and smell it for himself :)The chap said he will get his supervisor to call my sister tomorrow. My sister told him she will go to the MP for help too. We will see how things work out.Now, dear HDB officer (or any HDB / town council officer for that matter), I hope you realise that we are actually helping to keep cats off the streets. We sterilise the kitties, bring them for yearly immunisation jabs, and keep them strictly indoors. Pray tell how are they a nuisance and why must they be removed from under a responsible owner's care just because ONE single person complained about them?!More importantly, why let the kitties be the innocent victims of a disagreement between neighbours?

Monday, July 14, 2008

This photo reminds me of the 1982 song "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.

Sing-a-long now :)Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmonySide by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord why don't we? We all know that people are the same where ever we goThere is good and bad in everyoneWe learn to live, we learn to giveEach other what we need to survive together aliveEbony and ivory live together in perfect harmonySide by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord why dont we? Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmonyEbony, ivory, oohWe all know that people are the same where ever we goThere is good and bad in everyoneWe learn to live, we learn to giveEach other what we need to survive together aliveEbony and ivory live together in perfect harmonySide by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord why don't we? Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony (repeat and fade)